Austria has revealed its willingness to host a potential high-level summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart, Joe Biden, after the American leader said that the pair should meet in “a third country.” That’s according to multiple Russian media outlets, which say they have been in direct …
Read More »Iceland volcano Fagradalsfjall between capital & main airport ERUPTS, triggering halt to air traffic (PHOTOS)
The Fagradalsfjall volcano, located around 20 miles (32km) south of the country’s capital of Reykjavik, erupted late on Friday night, according to the Icelandic Meteorological Office (ICO), which noted that all flights to and from the neighboring Keflavik International Airport had been paused. Photos of the eruption have circulated on …
Read More »Moscow joins 5G club as ultrafast next-gen internet arrives at Russian capital’s most iconic spots (VIDEO)
5G being available to the public is a “breakthrough” because “it is the only way we can make sure mobile networks keep developing,” Victor Belov, president for technology at Russian telecom giant MTS, which is behind the pilot project, told RT. The new standard will allow mobile phone users to …
Read More »Swedish capital sees 79% spike in shootings as govt laments ‘high levels’ of violence in the Scandinavian country
Interior Minister Mikael Damberg disclosed on Monday that 47 people were killed and 117 injured in 366 shooting incidents in 2020, marking a 10 percent increase in gun violence when compared to statistics from 2019. Damberg noted that in nearly half of the shootings registered last year, someone was injured …
Read More »Melvin Capital loses 53% in January over bet against GameStop thanks to Reddit buying spree – reports
Despite the loss, Capital received fresh cash from investors by the end of January after taking heavy losses due to the unexpected and record stock gains for companies like GameStop, according to a source cited by Reuters. Melvin started January with $12.5 billion in assets, but is closing out the …
Read More »Major blast rocks Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, gunfire reported (VIDEOS)
The incident occurred in the capital city on Sunday. Imagery circulating online shows a large plume of white smoke and dust emitting after the blast. While there has been no official word on the explosion, local media reports have suggested the blast occurred at the popular Hotel Afrik, located to …
Read More »‘It’s gone’: RT crew witnesses aftermath of Azerbaijani shelling that rocked capital of disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region (VIDEO)
The shells and rockets fired by the Azerbaijani artillery that used to explode on the outskirts of the city known as Stepanakert to its ethnic Armenian residents and officially called Khankendi by Baku are now rocking the very city center and hitting residential areas even at night. A military hospital …
Read More »WATCH chaotic protests grip Haiti’s capital as demonstrators torch cars & demand release of detained police officer
Scores of officers from the Haitian National Police, most dressed in civilian clothing, gathered with supporters in Port-au-Prince on Monday to demand the government frees Jean Pascal Alexandre, an officer arrested in May on charges of murder, vandalism, destruction of public property, and undermining state security. Footage of chaotic scenes …
Read More »MASSIVE explosion shakes outskirts of Jordanian capital (VIDEO)
The explosion took place at a warehouse of “unusable mortar bombs” in the Ghabawi area east of Zarqa and was caused by an electrical short, Petra reported citing Jordan’s minister of media affairs Amjad Adaileh. Maps of the area show several army bases are located on the outskirts of Zarqa …
Read More »German capital BANS anti-lockdown protest, condemning ‘corona deniers & right-wing extremists’
Organizers of the August 29 “Assembly for Freedom” in central Berlin had registered 17,000 demonstrators. The local government says police will be out in force to prevent the gathering, because participants in the previous march “deliberately broke the rules” for wearing masks and social distancing. “We are still in the …
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